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The kind of higher education needed in the west Item Info
- Title:
- The kind of higher education needed in the west
- Creator (Person):
- Welch, A. S. (Adonijah Strong), 1821-1889
- Date Created:
- 1884~
- Description:
- Box 2, Folder 3: A speech given by Welch at Nebraska University about the change in education needed in the new Western territories. He talks about the growing needs of the West, including school houses, governments, and homes and how they will need skilled workers, not unskilled intellectuals, to help build and service the new cities. He discusses times money was wasted by hiring unskilled workers which could have been saved using educated engineers, miners, and architects. He advocates a process of educational reform to bring education in line with the present world, emphasizes that students should study a wide range of subjects to become well-rounded adults, and discusses his support for co-education.
- Subject (Topic):
- Curriculum planning Educational change Agricultural education State universities and colleges Technical education
- Location:
- West United States
- Language:
- eng
- Source:
- Adonijah Strong Welch papers
- Call Number:
- RS 2/01
- Finding Aid Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9f193
- Contributing Institution:
- Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
- Publisher:
- Iowa State University. Library
- Extent:
- 71 pages; 22 x 18 cm
- Genre:
- speeches (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Digital Collection Title:
- Adonijah Welch papers
- Digital Collection Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9gm81n8p
- Identifier:
- adonijahwelch1500
- Item Permalink:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bn5v
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- Preferred Citation:
- "The kind of higher education needed in the west", Adonijah Welch Papers, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
- Reference Link:
- https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9bn5v
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